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Originally Posted by DevilSide
The way my Dad explained 'Dad' and 'Father' to me, is any man can be a father *get a woman pregnant* but it takes a man to stick around and be a Dad, just the definition I was taught.
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Right!!! I remember a Haitian who asked me if I had any sons. I told him I had a son who had passed away but that I had a daughter as well (at that time, I have two now) He then arrogantly explained to me how he had 5 sons with five different woman, as if this was the mark of a true man. I asked him, "then where are they"? He explained how they were scattered throughout Haiti...he was quite impressed with himself.
Repeating what my grandfather told me once, I laughed at him and explained how anybody could get a woman pregnant, but it takes a real man to be a father to your children. He was quite upset and bewildered by this.
Of course, this was Haiti. Anymore though it may as well have been East St Louis, south side Chicago, or too many other US locations....jd
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